"ネガティブ" meaning in Japanese

See ネガティブ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ne̞ɡa̠tʲibɯ̟] Forms: negatibu [romanization], ネガティブな [adnominal], ネガティブに [adverbial]
Etymology: Borrowed from English negative. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|negative}} English negative Head templates: {{ja-adj|infl=na}} ネガティブ • (negatibu) -na (adnominal ネガティブな (negatibu na), adverbial ネガティブに (negatibu ni))
  1. negative; pessimistic
    Sense id: en-ネガティブ-ja-adj-EdzhYUyu Categories (other): Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 41 59 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 56 44 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 62 38 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 67 33

Noun

IPA: [ne̞ɡa̠tʲibɯ̟] Forms: negatibu [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English negative. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|negative}} English negative Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ネガティブ • (negatibu)
  1. (photography) a negative
    Sense id: en-ネガティブ-ja-noun-AKTGN9oc Categories (other): Photography, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography

Alternative forms

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    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "ネガティブな",
      "roman": "negatibu na",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ネガティブに",
      "roman": "negatibu ni",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
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    {
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          "roman": "negatibu-san",
          "text": "ネガティブさん",
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          "english": "to say negative things",
          "roman": "nega na koto o iu",
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              "い"
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    }
  ],
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    "Japanese terms derived from English",
    "Japanese terms spelled with ティ",
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    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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    "Pages with entries"
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    },
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    },
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      "form": "ネガティブに",
      "roman": "negatibu ni",
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      ]
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      },
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  "pos": "adj",
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          ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[ne̞ɡa̠tʲibɯ̟]"
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Download raw JSONL data for ネガティブ meaning in Japanese (3.1kB)

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